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THE EMERALD TABLET OF HERMES
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True, without falsehood, certain and most true, that which
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is above is as that which is below, and that which is below is as
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that which is above, for the performance of the miracles of the
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One Thing. And as all things are from One, by the mediation of
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One, so all things have their birth from this One Thing by
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adaptation. The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, the Wind
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carries it in its belly, its nurse is the Earth. This is the
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father of all perfection, or consummation of the whole world. Its
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power is integrating, if it be turned into earth.
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Thou shalt separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the
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gross, suavely, and with great ingenuity. It ascends from earth
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to heaven and descends again to earth, and receives the power of
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the superiors and of the inferiors. So thou hast the glory of the
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whole world; therefore let all obscurity flee before thee. This
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is the strong force of all forces, overcoming every subtle and
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penetrating every solid thing. So the world was created. Hence
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were all wonderful adaptations, of which this is the manner.
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Therefore am I called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts
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of the philosophy of the whole world. What I have to tell is
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completed, concerning the Operation of the Sun.
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Hermes Trismegistus
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